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Hamnam Line
Overview
Native name	함남선 (咸南線)
Status	Operational (see text)
Owner	Chōsen Forestry Railway (1923) Chōsen Railway (1923–1930) Sinheung Railway (1930–1938) Chōsen Railway (1938–1945)
Locale	South Hamgyeong
Termini	Hamheung Hamnam Sinheung, Jangpung
Stations	28
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
History
Opened	1923–1926
Technical
Line length	56.6 km (35.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map Legend km km Songheung Line Hamnam Sinheung ( Kan'nan- Shinkō ) 41.0 Jangjin Line Cheonbulsan (Senbutsuzan) 33.5 13.3 Sangtong (Jōtsū) Jeondong (Tentō) 30.7 11.4 Dongjeong (Tōsei) Jangpung (Chōhō) 28.2 9.1 Songdang (Shōdō) Pungsang (Hōjō) 25.9 3.6 Dongyang (Tōyō) 17.0 0.0 Oro (Gorō) 12.3 Jangheung (Chōkō) 9.3 Bumin (Fumin) 6.6 Heungsang (Kōshō) 1.1 West Hamheung ( Nishi- Kankō ) Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line 0.0 Hamheung (Kankō) Namheung Line Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line Key: narrow gauge standard gauge This diagram: view talk edit

Hamnam Line (咸南線, Kan'nan-sen) was the name given by the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea to a small network of 762 mm (30.0 in) narrow gauge railway lines in South Hamgyeong Province.

History

A line from Hamheung on the Hamgyeong Line of the Chōsen Government Railway to Oro, to exploit forestry and other resources in the area, was originally planned by the Chosen Forestry Railway as part of a trunk line connecting Hamhung to Manpo via Changjin and Huju. The first section, 17.0 km (10.6 mi) from Hamheung to Oro, was opened on 7 June 1923, and on 25 August 1923, the 11.2 km (7.0 mi) Oro–Jangpung section and West Hamheung Station were opened.

On 1 September 1923, the Chōsen Forestry Railway merged with five other private railway companies to form the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu); Chōtetsu subsequently named the Hamheung–Jangpung line Hamnam Line.

On 1 October 1926, Chōtetsu opened a 15.1 km (9.4 mi) section of line from Oro to Sangtong; this was followed on 1 February 1928 by the 20.0 km (12.4 mi) section from Pungsang to Hamnam Songheung. Two years later, on 1 February 1930 the Hamnam Line was taken over by a newly established subsidiary company, the Sinheung Railway.

The Sinheung Railway continued to expand the network, and on 15 January 1932, after the existing Hamnam Songheung Station was renamed Hasonghung Station, the present Hamnam Songheung Station was opened 1.0 km (0.62 mi) from Hasongheung, and on 10 September 1933, the line was extended 31.6 km (19.6 mi) to Bujeonhoban.

The Sinheung Railway was absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938, and Chōtetsu separated the Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban section from the Hamnam Line, naming that portion the Songheung Line.

After the establishment of North Korea and the nationalisation of its railways, the Hamnam Line was split up, with the Hamheung - Oro - Sinheung section becoming the Sinhŭng Line, and the Oro - Sangtong section becoming part of the Changjin Line. At the same time, the Songheung Line was merged into the Sinhŭng Line.

Services

In the November 1942 timetable, the last issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, Chōtetsu operated the following schedule of third-class-only local passenger services:

Route

References

1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3251, 13 June 1923
3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 3320, 4 September 1923
4. Establishment of the Chosen Railway, Dong-A Ilbo, 3 September 1923 (in Korean)
5. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Taishō No. 4244, 13 October 1926
6. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 354, 7 March 1928
7. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 930, 10 February 1930
8. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1510, 22 January 1932
9. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3385, 3 May 1938
10. Tōa Travel Co. (東亜旅行社), Ministry of Railways Combined Timetable 1 November 1942 (鐵道省編纂時刻表昭和１７年１１月１日)

v t e Railway lines of the Chōsen Railway
Standard gauge	Chungbuk Line Gwangnyeo Line Gyeongbuk Line Gyeongnam Line Jeonnam Line Yeongchun Line
Narrow gauge	Jangjin Line Gyeongdong Line Hamnam Line Hwanghae Line Namheung Line Songheung Line Suin Line Suryeo Line
Subsidiaries	North Chōsen Colonial Railway

• Rail transport in North Korea
• Railway lines in Korea under Japanese rule
• Defunct railway companies of Japan
• Defunct railway companies of Korea
• Chōsen Railway